This section lists possible projects for future releases, which either
haven't been agreed on, or haven't been scheduled.  If you'd like to
work on one of these, go ahead  
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-  Other  GUI-  cleanups.  Gtk upgraded to “best practices”.  Importer config. 
-  import/wizard plugins (as well as exports) 
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-  Variable-angle arcs.  
-  Better support for free-rotated components: assert that pads at funky angles are rendered correctly, fix autorouter for components at weird angles (the latest git version has a tendency to either ignore the route command or to segfault, depending on the specifics), add rotation to the Ctrl+R report, etcetera. 
-  Ability to copy a footprint's name from the library dialogue (so it can be pasted into gschem's attribute list). 
-  Ability to edit netlist in-situ (possibly by drawing on the rat lines layer) - e.g, when you want to add a heatsink soldered to ground, it will always show up as shorted until the netlist is edited to incorporate it. 
-  Trace impedance calculator, with automatic adjustment capability (fill in thickness, stray capacitance and desired impedance, and the width is adjusted to satisfy the conditions). 
-  Integrated footprint lookup and fetch from gedasymbols.org. 
-  Hierarchical pcb model - subcells, footprints-as-pcb, etc. 
-  A shape I've often wanted on a pad is circle with the sides cut off.  This is slightly different than an oval.  Something like Inkscape's boolean operations would be excellent. 
-  How about text at not-90 degree angles?  Or support for rotated square pads (I know, the file format doesn't support those two.) 
-  Editing on the grid has got to go!  Counting grid points is the worst possible way to enter positional information into a computer. 
-  Make every field in object reports editable. 
-  Allow direct entry of offsets and absolute positions when editing. 
-  Add “offset” and “trim” feature à la 2D CAD programs. 
-  Add “point to tangent” and “tangent to tangent” line drawing feature à la 2D CAD programs. 
-  When silk layer is off, show refdeses in very thin, small type for all footprints, say over pin 1, or the diamond mark. - 
-  similar to 'lock names', but done in order to clear up the board real-estate. 
-  this would be 'drafting mode' as opposed to 'output mode' where silk would be 1:1. 
 
-  Selection improvements: make it possible to select the endpoint of a specific trace, if two endpoints are coincident, you can't know which will be selected. 
-  Trace centerline dissappears when moving trace endpoint in thin-draw mode.  this is undesirable behaviour. 
-  Filled circles - 
-  Currently, to get a filled circle you create a zero-length trace of the right width. 
-  Are there actually electronics components that require filled circle copper? 
 
-  Unification of shortcuts in gschem and PCB, or at least an easy option for PCB to mimic gschem's shortcuts. 
-  CAM engine?  (i.e. ability to say “draw outline on top soldermask” via script/config) 
-  Automatic least version required file saving.  (goal: accomodate new features gracefully) 
-  Put various commands which are only accessible via a :command(foo) into the top menu. Newbies want to see what actions are in the menus since that way they know what PCB can do. 
-  Make the difference between editing footprints and PCBs much more obvious. If you're in footprint editing mode, then perhaps make the background color change. (Architectural)